Rules, Regulations and Policies for Gifted Education

On July 16, 2018, the Joint Committee for Agency Rule Review approved the revised gifted operating standards (Ohio Administrative Code 3301-51-15). These rules, effective July 27, 2018, provide districts with increased flexibility while also ensuring quality education services for students who are gifted.

Rules and Regulations

• Ohio Revised Code 3324
• 2018 Operating Standards for Identifying and Serving Students Who are Gifted  (effective July 27, 2018)
• Translations of the Ohio Revised Code can be found here.

Guidance Documents

• Implementing the Operating Standards for Identifying and Serving Students Who are Gifted
• Fall 2018 Gifted Regional Meeting Presentation
• Implementing Whole-Grade Screening Guide
• Gifted EMIS Data Guide
• Gifted Education Professional Development
• District Gifted Identification Plan
• District Gifted Education Policy

Ohio Gifted Education Cost Study

Ohio's FY18-19 main operating budget (HB 49) included a temporary law section requiring the following:

SECTION 265.480. The Department of Education shall conduct a study to determine the appropriate amounts of funding for each category and sub-category of students identified as gifted under Chapter 3324 of the Revised Code, as well as the most appropriate method for funding gifted education courses and programs. The study shall include, but not be limited to, costs for effective and appropriate identification, staffing, professional development, technology, materials, and supplies at the district level. The Department shall emphasize adequate funding and delivery of services for smaller, rural school districts, including statewide support needed for this population.

Not later than May 1, 2018, the Department shall issue a report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Director and members of the Joint Education Oversight Committee, and the members of the primary and secondary education committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives.

A full report detailing those finding as well as an Executive Summary and Research Brief may be found below:

• Ohio Gifted Education Cost Study -- Executive Summary
• Ohio Gifted Education Cost Study -- Research Brief
• Ohio Gifted Education Cost Study -- Full Report

Related Background

• Ohio Gifted Community School Feasibility Study – The Ohio Department of Education requested a study examining the feasibility of establishing 16 start-up community schools to serve gifted students. The study was commissioned to meet the requirements of Amended Substitute House Bill 64:

The Department of Education, in conjunction with an association of education service centers in this state and an association that advocates for gifted children in the state, shall complete a feasibility analysis of the establishment of a start-up community school in each of the sixteen regions of the Educational Regional Service System to serve primarily identified gifted students. Not later than July 1, 2016, the Department shall submit the analysis to the chairpersons of the standing committees and subcommittees of the House of Representatives and the Senate principally responsible for education policy and finance. Am. Sub. HB 64, Ohio Revised Code, Section 263.590

• Developing a Continuum of Services – Options and resources provided for the Ohio Department of Education by Joyce VanTassel Baska, Elissa Brown et al. Section V of this report describes relative strengths, weaknesses, and costs associated with various gifted service options. 

Last Modified: 1/15/2019 2:35:45 PM

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